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2-wheeler on the wrong side leaves a deep scratch on my Skoda Octavia

I veered to the right to let him pass. After I cleared the handlebars, I heard a metal screech.

BHPian GeeTee TSI recently shared this with other enthusiasts:

Experienced my share of pain due to an errant two-wheeler on the wrong side. We both stopped and I did veer to the right to let him pass. Service road near Kodigehalli signal also has a terrible broken patch which I felt (after the dashcam footage) made the two-wheeler move gingerly but not enough for a safe gap.

A personal regret is that I did not factor in the protruding side step although I cleared the handlebars. I heard a metallic-sounding screech and there it was, a deep gash on the front left door of my Octavia.

Just looked at the rider accusingly (made not an iota of difference for him I am sure) and kept going rather than get off the car, hold up traffic and create a scene. An expensive repaint but I cannot stand the sight of it.

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